Electoral district of Brighton
Brighton Victoria—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Brighton (dark green) in Greater Melbourne | |
State | Victoria |
Created | 1856 |
MP | James Newbury |
Party | Liberal Party |
Electors | 45,224 (2018) |
Area | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
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The electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of 19 square kilometres (7.3 sq mi) in south-eastern Melbourne, including the suburbs of Brighton and Elwood, and parts of Brighton East and Hampton. It lies within the Southern Metropolitan Region of the upper house, the Legislative Council.[1]
It is one of only three electorates (along with Richmond and Williamstown) to have existed continuously since 1856. Brighton was defined in the Victoria Constitution Act, 1855, as: "Commencing on the Sea Coast at the South-west Angle of Section 25, Parish of Moorabbin, thence by a Line East to the South-east Angle of Section 55 ; on the East by a Line bearing North, being the Parish Boundary from the said Point to the North-east Angle of Section 63 ; on the North by the Road bearing West to the Sea Coast, and on the West by the Sea Coast to the commencing Point."[2]
Members for Brighton[]
Member | Party | Term | |
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Jonathan Binns Were | Unaligned | 1856–1857 | |
Charles Ebden | Unaligned | 1857–1861 | |
George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1861-1861 | |
William Brodribb | Unaligned | 1861–1862 | |
George Higinbotham | Unaligned | 1862–1871 | |
Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1871–1894 | |
William Moule | Unaligned | 1894–1900 | |
Sir Thomas Bent | Unaligned | 1900–1909 | |
Oswald Snowball | Liberal | 1909–1928 | |
Nationalist | |||
Ian Macfarlan | Nationalist | 1928–1931 | |
United Australia | 1931–1937 | ||
Independent | 1937–1943 | ||
United Australia | 1943–1945 | ||
Liberal | 1945 | ||
Ray Tovell | Liberal | 1945–1955 | |
Electoral Reform League | |||
Sir John Rossiter | Liberal | 1955–1976 | |
Jeannette Patrick | Liberal | 1976–1985 | |
Alan Stockdale | Liberal | 1985–1999 | |
Louise Asher | Liberal | 1999–2018 | |
James Newbury | Liberal | 2018–present |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | James Newbury | 17,597 | 45.40 | −10.12 | |
Labor | Declan Martin | 12,193 | 31.46 | +7.90 | |
Greens | Katherine Copsey | 5,854 | 15.10 | −2.28 | |
Animal Justice | Cathy Taylor | 1,961 | 5.06 | +5.06 | |
Sustainable Australia | Alison Pridham | 881 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
Independent | John Tiger Casley | 273 | 0.70 | +0.70 | |
Total formal votes | 38,759 | 95.81 | −0.59 | ||
Informal votes | 1,697 | 4.19 | +0.59 | ||
Turnout | 40,456 | 89.46 | −2.59 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | James Newbury | 19,812 | 51.12 | −8.66 | |
Labor | Declan Martin | 18,947 | 48.88 | +8.66 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −8.66 |
Historical maps[]
District of Brighton 1856
Location within Greater Melbourne area, 1859
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Brighton District profile". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ State Election 2018: Brighton, VEC.
- Electoral districts of Victoria (Australia)
- 1856 establishments in Australia